Truss for rupture



May 31, 1927.

s.' FUTRMAN TRUss FOR nuTuRE Filed sept. 1"?, "192e f INVENTOR 1 oomm ulwmamr Patented ayl 31, 1927.7v y

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s'oLoMoN FJ'TERMAN, or" BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TRUss non RUPTURE.l`

Appunti-nena s'pitemier 17', 19261. serial No. 136,02'1'.`

My invention relatesl to improvements in trusses for rupture orv hernia and the gen-V eral objects of my invention are to improve andsimplify the. construction to render the.

saiddevice more'comfortable inuse. y, Y

More speciiic objectsy are to `provide an improved rform of truss-pad to be used as a protection'to prevent rupture and. a help for ruptured persons. v A h Forfurther comprehension of t-he inven-` tion, and vof the ibje'cts4 and advantages thereof, reference will be had tothe following description andaccompanying drawings,

and to the appendedr claims in which the various novel features of the invention are Amore particularly set forth.

Fig. 1 of the drawings, is a topy plan view of the 'truss-pad as used in combination `vvit'h my improved device.

Fig. 2 is, a sect1 on the Vline 2 2l of Fig.

3 is a sectional View, line 3 of Fig. 2.

taken y on the Fig. /lis a top plan view of myl improved truss, assame would appear when 1n use.

Fig'.l 5V is a toppl'anfvieiv, illustrating a modification of the trussfpad.

Fig'. 6 is a side ele'vational'viveW Fig. 7 isa front elevational vievv thereof. As herev ei'ubodied myv improved device comprises a truss-pad consisting of aV pad member 1(7), preferably of cork, and having a vconvex or rounded surface 1 1,y and 'flat surfacev 12A provided with an op'enirrg` 13. rlhe convex.r4 surfacelll iscovered a pliable member 14, preferably withcloth or the like, which isstretchedover the said convex surface, and is'k of suitable size to extend over the outer edges of the 4fiatsurface 12. The retaining plate 15, is adapted to retain the pliable member 14 in place, and is provided With an extended portion 16, at its periphery, adapted to receive the attaching plate 17, Which'is of suitable sizel to secure the resilient usefulness ofV an ordi-l 'onal vieW thereof, taken *Y thereof.'

belt member 22'; the' belt QHObbeing"` engaged between vthe inn'er'l'belt member land the outer belt' member 22, vvhich adaptedjto'f` encirclethe Waist ofthe vWeare'nso as to .i permit the convex surfaee 1,1 of the trusspad, to kplaced over theirupturedportion i' of the wearer. The outer belt `member 22,), w

has formed therein, and extended therefrom, curvedelements 23 and 24,* oppo'sitely positioned [from the center of thesaid outer belt member, so 'as ito form springs, and which maybe tempered, as may be desired nary fiat spring.

y `The A outerA `belt member'- 22,: is-'plrovided i threaded member 25, a bolt, machine screwl or the like, which is extended,,throughA a similar aperture', provided y `the ,retaining plate-15. ,Thel bolty l25'has threadedly, at'-l tached thereto a1nut`26,`asa means Qfat, taehingfy the said inner and outer belt `memj with a center aperture adaptedto receive the l bers to thetru'sspad. The4 compression; i

spring-27, isivoun'd on the ,bolt 25v and` superimposed betvveen theretaining plate 15 and the outer belt Vmember,22, -the aboveV described construction being 'such asV Will permit `the spring27v and thepring elements 23. and 2fl`of the outer belt member 2.2, to force the trussepajd againstV the ruptured porti-ion of the wearer; itf being. understood that improved truss-pad may be of'l any desiredshapelorvcontour,I l

and that4 the said trusspad vmaybe :placed at anyfdesir'ed relativehposition to the said y i l belt members, `as 4designated* by the refers f ence numeral 28 Fig@ .1 of thejaccompany-fv ing drawings, by l i the bolt 25. 4 Y A, y Y,

Referring in particular to Figs. ,5, 6. and 7, in which I have illustrated 'a modilication of the truss-pad,as used in combination With myimproved device, and in which the said pliable member 14! is attached. to the above mentioned. outer edge of thefiat surface of pivoting the truss-pad onA l i' y95 the said truss-pad, by a'plate member 30,

secured to the trussfpad by, bolts, screws', or.

the like. The flat member 31 is provided with a longitudinal;elongated slot 32, adapted to receive the screwior the like, asa means of attaching the flat memberv 31. to the said truss-pad, so as to permitfthe'trusspad `to be positioned in anydesired rela-tive angular position thereto. The flatmember 31 is provided With an extended portion 34,

formed or Vbent outwardly from the trussV los pad, andwhichmay be tempered, as 'may be desired to secure a resilient usefulness 'of Y van ordinary flat spring. l'Ihe threaded members 35 and 36,' are attached at or near the. extremities of the atfmember 3l, andextend upwardly therefrom. Y The setv screws 37 and BS, are threadedly attached to' the threaded members 35 and 36,'respectively,

:and are positioned between the attaching member 39, and the upper extended eleyments 40, of the attaching member 39, so as with the `s rino` Velement 34- as ma f be de.-

sired, by turning oi' rotating the set screws 3'? .and 38, so as toin'ci'ease or decrease the pressurefapplied on the ruptured portion yb the said truss` ad; The attachinvv member 39 is provided with an extended portion 41, having its sides formed or 'bentrupwardly therefronnfat right angles thereto, asat 42,"and43, and which `are provided with` elongated slots le and 45, respectively, at

an angular position/toV the said extended portion 41 of the *attaching member '39. rlhe roller 46,7having a kiiurled" or roughened surface, isprovidedl withL projecting extremities l? and i-8, adapted kto Vslidably engage infthe velongated slots 44 and 45'.

The latter described construction being such` as willper'mit the roller 46, to slidablyA and frictionallvy engage the belt to which my improved'truss-pad is'attached, and which is positioned under the said roller, soas to hold thesaidtruSspad Yin any desired posi- K e Y therefrom, andat right angles thereto7 the Itwill be further understood .that I may I use arbuclileysuch as illustrated in Fig. l

tion on the said belt.

of lthe accompanying drawings, and which is of similar construction to the above` de'- scribed *attaching member 39, and is piro-k Avided'with an elongated slot 50, adapted to receive' one c extremity of thehereinbefore mentioned Vbelt 20, which'.V engaged through f as lollows: n Y Y Y l. In a truss, the com'bination'vvvith a trusspad, otra Hat memberadjustably securable thereto, an extended portion from the'flat lri'ien'ib'er'fbeing .bent outwardly" yfrom the` the elongated sloty and'riveted, or otherwise attached, as at 5l, tothe belt'prop-y er; the above described constructionv being such as'will securely vhold the beltfusedtoV support my` improved truss-pad, in place on the waist of the wearer.

Having "thus described my' invention, what I claiinras new and desire to secure byV Letters Patent of theA truss-pad, threaded members extending"up-` 'Wai-diy from the hat member, an attaching member having upper extended elements,"

set screws aositioned between the attaching i C member 'and the lupper extended eleineiits,f

and threadedly engagedy tothe Vthreaded 1 ii'iembers, and means associated with the attaching member tor engaging Y a'fbelt customarily used with truss devices.

2. In( a truss, the combination with a trussspad;r of a flat member adjustably vse-k curable thereto, an extended portion from the dat nieii'ibe`i-f`hei-ng bent outwardlyvfrom' the truss-pad, threaded-members extending upwardly from the flat member, an attachV ing member having upper extended elements,

set screws positioned' between the `attaching' member andtheiipper extended elements,`

and threadedly :engaged tothe threaded members, and means associated with the' attaching member for' engaging a belt cusi tomarily usedwith truss devices, said means consisting of a portion extended from 'the attachingV member, sidesV bent upwardly said sides being provided with Y elongated slots in an angular Yposition to the extended lportioin'and a roller witha knurled sur# y soLoMoN iuriinniuiiiv.` f

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